With CC Sabathia heading into Cooperstown, take a look back at the 2008 season finale that launched the Brewers into the playoffs.
The record books reflect that the best in-season trade in Brewers history happened on July 7, 2008. But thanks to an inside man, CC Sabathia saw it coming. “Dave Riske, one of my lifetime friends,” Sabathia said with a laugh.
The Baseball Hall of Fame's 2025 class is official with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ... among the players scheduled to debut next year and Ryan Braun (47.1%) was an MVP winner ...
Here's the best chance for a Hall of Famer from this group. The four-time All-Star won the NLCS MVP and World Series MVP in 2008, when the Phillies won their first World Series since 1980 and second overall.
The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced the 2025 Hall of Fame Class on Tuesday, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen
Milwaukee Brewers great Ryan Braun will almost certainly appear ... as was Hank Aaron (1982) and, on Tuesday, CC Sabathia. Even Ted Simmons appeared on just one ballot and didn't procure enough ...
In one of the most incredible runs the franchise had ever seen, the Milwaukee Brewers lost only three of CC Sabathia's 17 regular-season starts after he was acquired in July 2008.
More:Former Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia is a first-ballot Hall of Famer Surely you remember Ryan Braun's home run in the eighth to give the Brewers the lead and Sabathia's iconic scream ...
(Two-time All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis also joins the ballot in 2026. Kipnis grew up Jewish but is now a practicing Roman Catholic — though he once celebrated a home run with a “Hava Nagila” dugout dance .)
Seattle Mariners star Felix Hernandez didn't make the Baseball Hall of Fame this week, but he did enough to stay on the ballot for another year.
The Cooperstown candidacies of Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones might benefit by the lack of slam-dunk newcomers to the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot.
Former New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, and during an appearance after the news dropped, he spoke about what it is like to actually go to the Hall of Fame, and encouraged current players to make the trip to Cooperstown so that they have a goal to shoot for in their careers.